bitterwood

Definitions of bitterwood

1. noun

   medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits
   synonyms: Simarouba glauca, paradise tree

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   bitterwood tree

   any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
2. noun

   handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark
   synonyms: Quassia amara, quassia

   type of:

   bitterwood tree

   any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
3. noun

   West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
   synonyms: Jamaica quassia, Picrasma excelsa, Picrasma excelsum

   type of:

   bitterwood tree

   any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste